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Prògram Choinnich

Date 05 June 1995
Track ID 4620
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

Program Choinnich 05.06.1995

Summary

Bird eggs being stolen from remote islands off the coast of Lewis.

Police in the Western Isles suspect that egg collectors are stealing eggs from nests on some of the remote islands off the coast of Lewis. Peigi Màiri Nicholson from the RSPB speaks about the petrel in particular. Many of them nest on the Island of Ronay and she fears that egg collectors could damage the population of these birds.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Stornoway

Island - Lewis

Village/Place - Stornoway

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Dat

Audio Quality

Good